Free ways to learn Luxembourgish — and the 200-hour language leave

You can get a long way in Luxembourgish without paying: the State runs a free online course, the official dictionary plays every word, Luxembourgish radio and TV are a click away, and if you work in Luxembourg your employer can give you up to 200 hours of paid leave for courses. A practical list — and a free 30-day routine to go with it.

Updated November 2, 2026 · 4 min read

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1. LLO.lu — a free course from the State

Léier Lëtzebuergesch Online was launched in September 2022 by the Ministry of Education and the INL: free, worldwide, on the web and as an iOS/Android app, with an English, French, German or Luxembourgish interface and an optional placement test (gouvernement.lu). It now runs up to level B2 (gouvernement.lu).

2. LOD — every word, with a native recording

The Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire (lod.lu) gives gender, plural, conjugation, example sentences and recordings, translated into German, French, English, Portuguese and Dutch. Use it every time you meet a new word. The government portal also lists free tools: the ZLS Spellchecker and Orthotrainer for spelling, Sproochmaschinn and the University's LuxASR for speech (luxembourg.public.lu).

3. Radio, TV and podcasts

Newspapers are mostly in German, French or English, but Luxembourgish is well represented on radio and television (luxembourg.public.lu) — RTL is the obvious start. Five minutes a day trains your ear even when you understand little; the Sproochentest listening guide shows how to practise.

4. Language leave: up to 200 paid hours

Not free for the State, but free for you: linguistic leave lets employees — of any nationality, with no age or residence condition — take time off work for Luxembourgish courses (Guichet.lu):

• 200 hours over a career, in two stages of 80 to 120 hours; the second stage needs a certificate from the first.
• For employees with at least 6 months with the same employer, and for the self-employed active in Luxembourg for 6 months.
• Paid at your average hourly wage (capped at four times the hourly social minimum wage); the State reimburses the employer half.
• The course must be given by a recognised provider; you apply to the Ministry of Labour before the course starts, with your employer's opinion.
• It counts as working time and can be split into slots of at least 30 minutes a day.

5. For nationality: free course, refundable test

The Vivre ensemble au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg course that most nationality applicants need is 24 free hours, and the €75 Sproochentest fee is refunded once you have filed your nationality application (Guichet.lu). Under the Citizens' Pact (Biergerpakt), residents can also join the Intercultural Living Together programme, with language modules up to at least A1.1 (luxembourg.public.lu). What the test asks: the level you need for citizenship.

6. Our free pages

• Everyday phrases with recordings: hello, thank you, please, goodbye, how are you, numbers — all of them.
• Vocabulary by topic, every word checked in LOD: food, family, home, health, work, numbers and time.
• Verb tables with audio: sinn, hunn, goen, kommen, maachen and 200 more.
• Grammar guides: pronouns, present tense, past tense, word order, the n-rule, negation.
• In French: phrases, vocabulaire, conjugaison, guide pour les francophones.

A free 30-day routine

Free gets you far; a conversation partner gets you further. If you want a teacher, Edluxio has independent teachers for 1-to-1 online lessons — among them native Luxembourgish speakers — with a trial lesson refunded in full if the first one isn't right for you.

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